Unemployment rate has to do with higher taxes, less work due to higher products, higher materials and less people have extra money to buy things with.  The polish or bulgarian comment you had has nothing to do with this recession, or the fact that unemployment is through the roof.  The issue is Barrack Obama and his marxist congress.  Period.  Why are they not that concerned about unemployment, but they are still out trying to sell healthcare, EVEN after it passed!!!

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I know a 20 year old going broke paying medical bills. She is already working full time. A citizen should not go broke paying medical bills. The system is broke. It is in the national interest to provide health care to its citizens.
Surely enough oil is in the ground and it belongs to our nation, and the nation enjoys the bounty, not the privileged few. We see how capitalism worked in these last 7 years. If you can steal from Grandma  to make a profit, we'll just call it capitalism. Government gave up the longheld protection of protecting citizens from monopolies and now almost no one you know runs their own business. We now work for corporations who are pulling the government strings.